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22/02/2026 … Sunday February 22 KENNETH WILLIAMS CENTENARY: Today would have been the 100th birthday of the Carry On star, so Radio Extra is handing over its schedule for…
22/02/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
...and Chris McCausland's up for one
22/02/2026 … Rosie Jones has been nominated for two Scope Awards – designed to celebrate those who are working to end disability inequality.
© ITV / Ranga Bee With his mum Shanthi, of course
21/02/2026 … ITV has ordered a third series of Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening.
Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer head to comic's hometown
21/02/2026 … Two of the stars of The Young Ones are to headline this year's Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich Spa, the Worcestershire town where the comedian grew up.
Comic buys an estate for his Disney+ series
21/02/2026 … Alan Carr has reportedly snapped up a Scottish castle very similar to the one where he filmed Traitors.
Anthony Novak's case highlighted in new documentary
20/02/2026 … A new documentary tells the true story of an American comedian arrested at gunpoint and threatened with jail for mocking his local police department.
'Dream come true' as Zac appears alongside Adam Hills
20/02/2026 … When Zac Lammas suffered a brain injury at 16, doctors gave him less than a one per cent chance of survival.
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